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http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Careers_at_ESA/ESA_Astronaut_Selection/Parastronaut_feasibility_project
#esa #space #astronaut #parastronaut #inclusion #diversityParastronaut feasibility project
In a first for ESA and human spaceflight worldwide, ESA is looking for individual(s) who are psychologically, cognitively, technically and professionally qualified to be an astronaut, but have a physical disability that would normally prevent them from being selected due to the requirements imposed by the use of current space hardware.www.esa.int
http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Careers_at_ESA/ESA_Astronaut_Selection/Parastronaut_feasibility_project
#esa #space #astronaut #parastronaut #inclusion #diversityParastronaut feasibility project
In a first for ESA and human spaceflight worldwide, ESA is looking for individual(s) who are psychologically, cognitively, technically and professionally qualified to be an astronaut, but have a physical disability that would normally prevent them from being selected due to the requirements imposed by the use of current space hardware.www.esa.int
ESA
In a first for ESA and human spaceflight worldwide, ESA is looking for individual(s) who are psychologically, cognitively, technically and professionally qualified to be an astronaut, but have a physical disability that would normally prevent them from being selected due to the requirements imposed by the use of current space hardware.www.esa.int
Cristofoready
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Italian ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti poses in the Cupola module of the International Space Station with two 100-day patches to mark her 200th day in space. In 2022, she will return to her ‘home away from home’ for even more days in orbit.
Samantha first flew to the International Space Station on a Soyuz spacecraft in 2014 for a mission known as ‘Futura’. Her second flight follows the second missions of her fellow 2009 astronaut classmates Alexander Gerst in 2018, Luca Parmitano in 2019 and Thomas Pesquet in 2021. It could also see a direct on-Station handover with Matthias Maurer who is scheduled to fly his first mission to the Space Station later this year. The spacecraft Samantha will fly on is not yet confirmed, but could be a SpaceX Crew Dragon or Boeing CST-100 Starliner.
During Futura, Samantha supported an extensive scientific programme of experiments in physical science, biology and human physiology as well as radiation research and technology demonstrations.
She also oversaw the undocking of ESA’s fifth and final Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV). This marked the end of a successful programme that paved the way for the European Service Modules currently being produced for NASA’s Orion spacecraft that will travel around and to the Moon.
Training for Samantha’s second mission is already underway and has included International Space Station refresher sessions at ESA’s astronaut centre in Cologne, Germany, and NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
In the coming months, her schedule will intensify as she brushes up on Space Station systems and procedures and trains for the specific experiments and tasks she will perform in space.
More details of Samantha’s second mission will be announced during a virtual press briefing on Wednesday, 3 March, at 11:00 CET. Watch on ESA Web TV here.
ESA is also in the process of recruiting its next class of astronauts. For more on the upcoming selection visit esa.int/YourWayToSpace.
#news #space #science #esa #europeanspaceagency
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NASA has photos of the rover landing (one with it hanging from its chute, and another taken by the orbiter circling Mars
So far, no sign of Matt Damon ;)
you oughta be in pictures
#space #mars #roverNASA's Perseverance Rover Sends Sneak Peek of Mars Landing – NASA’s Mars Exploration Program
The six-wheeled robot’s latest data since touching down yesterday include a hi-res image captured as the rover’s jetpack lowered it to the ground.mars.nasa.gov
The six-wheeled robot’s latest data since touching down yesterday include a hi-res image captured as the rover’s jetpack lowered it to the ground.mars.nasa.gov
Etna erupts
Image: Italy’s Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has erupted twice in less than 48 hours, spewing a fountain of lava and ash into the sky. This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image has been processed to show the lava flow in bright red.
#earth #science #space #esa #europeanspaceagency
posted by pod_feeder_v2Etna erupts
Italy’s Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has erupted twice in less than 48 hours, spewing a fountain of lava and ash into the sky. This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image has been processed to show the lava flow in bright red.www.esa.int
Image: Italy’s Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has erupted twice in less than 48 hours, spewing a fountain of lava and ash into the sky. This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image has been processed to show the lava flow in bright red.
Italy’s Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has erupted twice in less than 48 hours, spewing a fountain of lava and ash into the sky. This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image has been processed to show the lava flow in bright red.www.esa.int
Earth from Space: Valentine Island
For Valentine’s Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Valentine Island in northern Western Australia.
#news #space #science #esa #europeanspaceagency
posted by pod_feeder_v2Earth from Space: Valentine Island
For Valentine’s Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Valentine Island in northern Western Australia.www.esa.int
For Valentine’s Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Valentine Island in northern Western Australia.www.esa.int
Call for media: ESA seeks new astronauts - applications open 31 March 2021
Press Release N° 3-2021
For the first time in 11 years, ESA is looking for new astronauts. These recruits will work alongside ESA’s existing astronauts as Europe enters a new era of space exploration.
#news #space #science #esa #europeanspaceagency
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# The bonsai dude from Mars #
4424 x 6258 px - 17.8 MB PNG.
Another one of those pulp fiction covers that lack a book. Some day some person will write this book and then realise that the cover is already made!Go to katharsisdrill.art
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#art #krita #madewithkrita #illustration #eveningdrawing #eveningdrawings #space #universe #bonsai #gardener #Mars #red #trees #spacesuit
#mywork #ownwork #cc #creativecommons #cc-by
Stroopwafels In Spaaaace
https://apnews.com/article/space-launches-brunswick-maine-062c942d4b4799097b6ca57c82ec54e9
#space #blushift #MaineMaine company successfully launches prototype rocket
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — A Maine company that's developing a rocket to propel small satellites into space passed its first major test on Sunday. Brunswick-based bluShift Aerospace launched a...apnews.com
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — A Maine company that's developing a rocket to propel small satellites into space passed its first major test on Sunday. Brunswick-based bluShift Aerospace launched a...apnews.com
ESA kids app now available
ESA kids app now available
#news #space #science #esa #europeanspaceagency
posted by pod_feeder_v2ESA - Space for Kids - ESA Kids app now available
Get kids engaged with space with the ESA Kids app, now available for download on iOS and Android devices! The ESA Kids app features a set of carefully crafted games for kids to learn about space while having fun. Simple yet engaging, the app is suitable for a variety of age ranges and is available in 14 languages! Introduce the tiny explorers to space and Paxi with colouring, matching, and memory games. Challenge the older pioneers with specific missions to build spacecraft, land on different planets and moons, and clean up space debris. Get the whole family together for a round of space trivia. Prefer to play the games on a computer? No problem! Find them on the ESA Kids website. Get ready to explore the Solar System with Paxi!www.esa.int
Get kids engaged with space with the ESA Kids app, now available for download on iOS and Android devices! The ESA Kids app features a set of carefully crafted games for kids to learn about space while having fun. Simple yet engaging, the app is suitable for a variety of age ranges and is available in 14 languages! Introduce the tiny explorers to space and Paxi with colouring, matching, and memory games. Challenge the older pioneers with specific missions to build spacecraft, land on different planets and moons, and clean up space debris. Get the whole family together for a round of space trivia. Prefer to play the games on a computer? No problem! Find them on the ESA Kids website. Get ready to explore the Solar System with Paxi!www.esa.int
Jupiter Is Bigger Than Some Stars, So Why Didn't We Get a Second Sun?
#astronomy #space #JupiterJupiter Is Bigger Than Some Stars, So Why Didn't We Get a Second Sun?
The smallest known main-sequence star in the Milky Way galaxy is a real pixie of a thing.www.sciencealert.com
The smallest known main-sequence star in the Milky Way galaxy is a real pixie of a thing.www.sciencealert.com
The Sun in 2020
Image: The Sun in 2020
#news #space #science #esa #europeanspaceagency
posted by pod_feeder_v2
Image: The Sun in 2020
#Everyday #Astronaut[...]this year is extra important and impactful because...
frankly in general, 2020 sucked..
for all of us.[...]
Gestern hat die Europäische Raumfahrtagentur ESA bekannt gegeben, dass der deutsche Astronaut Matthias Maurer im Herbst 2021 das erste Mal ins All fliegen wird. Dort wird er ein halbes Jahr auf der…
Ireland helping ESA’s Hera asteroid mission find its way
The very first sensor to be used by ESA’s Hera asteroid mission for planetary defence is currently being manufactured in Ireland. A gyroscope unit manufactured by Dublin-based InnaLabs will track the spacecraft’s spin rate as it tumbles away from its Ariane 6 launcher following its 2024 liftoff, allowing it to safely orient its solar panels to the Sun and come to life.
#engineering #technology #space #science #esa #europeanspaceagency
posted by pod_feeder_v2Ireland helping ESA’s Hera asteroid mission find its way
The very first sensor to be used by ESA’s Hera asteroid mission for planetary defence is currently being manufactured in Ireland. A gyroscope unit manufactured by Dublin-based InnaLabs will track the spacecraft’s spin rate as it tumbles away from its Ariane 6 launcher following its 2024 liftoff, allowing it to safely orient its solar panels to the Sun and come to life.www.esa.int
The very first sensor to be used by ESA’s Hera asteroid mission for planetary defence is currently being manufactured in Ireland. A gyroscope unit manufactured by Dublin-based InnaLabs will track the spacecraft’s spin rate as it tumbles away from its Ariane 6 launcher following its 2024 liftoff, allowing it to safely orient its solar panels to the Sun and come to life.www.esa.int
Hayabusa-2: Capsule with asteroid samples in 'perfect' shape | BBC News
An Australian recovery team has picked up a space capsule containing the first large amount of rock taken from an asteroid.The container with material from a space rock called Ryugu parachuted down near Woomera in South Australia on Saturday evening (GMT).https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55201662
A recovery team in Australia found the spacecraft lying on the sandy ground, with its parachute draped over a bush.
The samples were originally collected by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa-2.
#astronomy #science #space #asteroidHayabusa-2: Capsule with asteroid samples in 'perfect' shape
A team retrieves a capsule carrying the first significant quantities of rock from an asteroid.www.bbc.co.uk
The container with material from a space rock called Ryugu parachuted down near Woomera in South Australia on Saturday evening (GMT).https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55201662
A recovery team in Australia found the spacecraft lying on the sandy ground, with its parachute draped over a bush.
The samples were originally collected by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa-2.
A team retrieves a capsule carrying the first significant quantities of rock from an asteroid.www.bbc.co.uk
#Space. (4 photos)
Remembering the Astronaut Who Smuggled a Sandwich Into Space
He got into a lot of trouble.
[ photo description John Young (left) and the corned beef sandwich he took into space (right) ]
JOHN YOUNG, WHO DIED IN early 2018 at the age of 87, was the longest-serving astronaut in NASA history. Since his first flight in 1965, Young spent 835 hours in space and walked on the Moon. By all accounts, he had a stellar career.
But it was almost derailed by a corned beef sandwich
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/john-young-corned-beef-sandwich-nasa-space
#Space #2020SO #Surveyor2 #SpaceObjectVintage NASA space junk from 1966 moon mission just whizzed by Earth. | Space
https://www.space.com/vintage-nasa-space-junk-2020-so-surveyor-2-close-flyby
A misunderstood piece of space junk whizzed by Earth Tuesday (Dec. 1), but don't worry, it's just part of an old moon mission's rocket.
The object, nicknamed 2020 SO, was once thought to be an asteroid. But after its (re)discovery by the PAN-STARRS survey telescope, astronomers realized the mystery object's orbit didn't make sense for a rocky or icy world.
"We followed it quite a bit for the very first few days, once there was a possibility for it to be natural," Marco Michelli, an astronomer at the European Space Agency's Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre, said in a statement.
But after a couple of weeks measuring its position, Michelli and his team realized the object had to be artificial. It was showing a lot of changes in its orbit due to the ongoing pressure of the solar wind, which sends particles streaming across the solar system. "It was too light to have formed naturally."
Astronomers eventually concluded the orbit matched the upper stage of the rocket for NASA's failed Surveyor 2 lander that was supposed to land on the moon in 1966. However, the mission failed after the rocket overshot the moon, and the rocket drifted into orbit around the sun.
Related: The strange story of 2020 SO: How an asteroid turned into rocket junk and the NASA scientist who figured it out
This image released by the European Space Agency shows a view of the object 2020 SO (moving dot) in the night sky as seen from a telescope. Once thought to be an asteroid, 2020 SO is actually a spent booster from NASA's Surveyor 2 moon mission launch in 1966.
This image released by the European Space Agency shows a view of the object 2020 SO (moving dot) in the night sky as seen from a telescope. Once thought to be an asteroid, 2020 SO is actually a spent booster from NASA's Surveyor 2 moon mission launch in 1966. (Image credit: ESA)
So why did the rocket show up now? The theory is the rocket was temporarily caught in Earth's gravity and will soon fly away from our planet again.
In the ongoing search for near-Earth asteroids, the rocket shows a bit of a blind spot in the zones where telescope surveys typically search, another ESA official added.
"In some ways it has been and is hiding in the boundary between near-Earth object and space debris searches, a search region where there are very few objects distributed over a large volume of space" Tim Flohrer, head of ESA's space debris office, said in the same statement.
"The life of this rocket part so far has similarities to an object called WT1190F, a small temporary satellite of Earth thought to be debris from the 1998 Lunar Prospector mission, that impacted in 2015. It is still to be assessed if this newly rediscovered object could return and re-enter Earth’s atmosphere one day."A piece of vintage NASA space junk from a 1966 moon mission just whizzed by Earth
It's no asteroid and the rediscovery shows how easy it is to lose stuff in space.www.space.com
#Space #2020SO #Surveyor2 #SpaceObjectVintage NASA space junk from 1966 moon mission just whizzed by Earth. | Space
https://www.space.com/vintage-nasa-space-junk-2020-so-surveyor-2-close-flyby
A misunderstood piece of space junk whizzed by Earth Tuesday (Dec. 1), but don't worry, it's just part of an old moon mission's rocket.
The object, nicknamed 2020 SO, was once thought to be an asteroid. But after its (re)discovery by the PAN-STARRS survey telescope, astronomers realized the mystery object's orbit didn't make sense for a rocky or icy world.
"We followed it quite a bit for the very first few days, once there was a possibility for it to be natural," Marco Michelli, an astronomer at the European Space Agency's Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre, said in a statement.
But after a couple of weeks measuring its position, Michelli and his team realized the object had to be artificial. It was showing a lot of changes in its orbit due to the ongoing pressure of the solar wind, which sends particles streaming across the solar system. "It was too light to have formed naturally."
Astronomers eventually concluded the orbit matched the upper stage of the rocket for NASA's failed Surveyor 2 lander that was supposed to land on the moon in 1966. However, the mission failed after the rocket overshot the moon, and the rocket drifted into orbit around the sun.
Related: The strange story of 2020 SO: How an asteroid turned into rocket junk and the NASA scientist who figured it out
This image released by the European Space Agency shows a view of the object 2020 SO (moving dot) in the night sky as seen from a telescope. Once thought to be an asteroid, 2020 SO is actually a spent booster from NASA's Surveyor 2 moon mission launch in 1966.
This image released by the European Space Agency shows a view of the object 2020 SO (moving dot) in the night sky as seen from a telescope. Once thought to be an asteroid, 2020 SO is actually a spent booster from NASA's Surveyor 2 moon mission launch in 1966. (Image credit: ESA)
So why did the rocket show up now? The theory is the rocket was temporarily caught in Earth's gravity and will soon fly away from our planet again.
In the ongoing search for near-Earth asteroids, the rocket shows a bit of a blind spot in the zones where telescope surveys typically search, another ESA official added.
"In some ways it has been and is hiding in the boundary between near-Earth object and space debris searches, a search region where there are very few objects distributed over a large volume of space" Tim Flohrer, head of ESA's space debris office, said in the same statement.
"The life of this rocket part so far has similarities to an object called WT1190F, a small temporary satellite of Earth thought to be debris from the 1998 Lunar Prospector mission, that impacted in 2015. It is still to be assessed if this newly rediscovered object could return and re-enter Earth’s atmosphere one day."A piece of vintage NASA space junk from a 1966 moon mission just whizzed by Earth
It's no asteroid and the rediscovery shows how easy it is to lose stuff in space.www.space.com
#Space #2020SO #Surveyor2 #SpaceObjectVintage NASA space junk from 1966 moon mission just whizzed by Earth. | Space
https://www.space.com/vintage-nasa-space-junk-2020-so-surveyor-2-close-flyby
A misunderstood piece of space junk whizzed by Earth Tuesday (Dec. 1), but don't worry, it's just part of an old moon mission's rocket.
The object, nicknamed 2020 SO, was once thought to be an asteroid. But after its (re)discovery by the PAN-STARRS survey telescope, astronomers realized the mystery object's orbit didn't make sense for a rocky or icy world.
"We followed it quite a bit for the very first few days, once there was a possibility for it to be natural," Marco Michelli, an astronomer at the European Space Agency's Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre, said in a statement.
But after a couple of weeks measuring its position, Michelli and his team realized the object had to be artificial. It was showing a lot of changes in its orbit due to the ongoing pressure of the solar wind, which sends particles streaming across the solar system. "It was too light to have formed naturally."
Astronomers eventually concluded the orbit matched the upper stage of the rocket for NASA's failed Surveyor 2 lander that was supposed to land on the moon in 1966. However, the mission failed after the rocket overshot the moon, and the rocket drifted into orbit around the sun.
Related: The strange story of 2020 SO: How an asteroid turned into rocket junk and the NASA scientist who figured it out
This image released by the European Space Agency shows a view of the object 2020 SO (moving dot) in the night sky as seen from a telescope. Once thought to be an asteroid, 2020 SO is actually a spent booster from NASA's Surveyor 2 moon mission launch in 1966.
This image released by the European Space Agency shows a view of the object 2020 SO (moving dot) in the night sky as seen from a telescope. Once thought to be an asteroid, 2020 SO is actually a spent booster from NASA's Surveyor 2 moon mission launch in 1966. (Image credit: ESA)
So why did the rocket show up now? The theory is the rocket was temporarily caught in Earth's gravity and will soon fly away from our planet again.
In the ongoing search for near-Earth asteroids, the rocket shows a bit of a blind spot in the zones where telescope surveys typically search, another ESA official added.
"In some ways it has been and is hiding in the boundary between near-Earth object and space debris searches, a search region where there are very few objects distributed over a large volume of space" Tim Flohrer, head of ESA's space debris office, said in the same statement.
"The life of this rocket part so far has similarities to an object called WT1190F, a small temporary satellite of Earth thought to be debris from the 1998 Lunar Prospector mission, that impacted in 2015. It is still to be assessed if this newly rediscovered object could return and re-enter Earth’s atmosphere one day."
It's no asteroid and the rediscovery shows how easy it is to lose stuff in space.www.space.com
China releases a super-clear image of the Moon taken by Chang’e 5 probe | Ars Technica
#science #space #moonChina releases a super-clear image of the Moon taken by Chang’e 5 probe
There’s also video showing the descent of the spacecraft.arstechnica.com
